Most often fueled by passion rather than proper budgets, music videos are the wild west of media genres – a place where passion and promise more than compensate for a director’s lack of experience or connections, or both. Have a look at the nine most intriguing examples Stash published this year. [Read more]

Carlín Díaz, a Venezuelan illustrator/animator/director now living in Paris, infuses his sweet and lush new music video for “Lilac” from Norwegian indie rockers Kakkmaddafakka with the updated spirit of French post-impressionist Henri Rousseau. [Read more]